2009年2月17日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Goa feels pinch of recession, terror and death (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 01:20 AM CST

Tourists walk along Anjuna beach in Goa on February 17, 2009. A double-whammy of the global economic turmoil and Mumbai terror attacks has hit the usually bustling Indian resort of Goa hard as a disappointing winter tourist season draws to a quiet close.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - A double-whammy of the global economic turmoil and Mumbai terror attacks has hit the usually bustling Indian resort of Goa hard as a disappointing winter tourist season draws to a quiet close.

Fla. jury picked in Sears Tower terror plot trial (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 02:25 PM CST

AP - A jury has been chosen to hear the third trial of six Miami men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices.

8 British men tried for alleged airline bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 01:44 PM CST

AP - Eight British Muslims plotted to kill thousands of civilians by blowing up at least seven trans-Atlantic passenger planes in mid-air with homemade liquid bombs disguised as soft drinks, a prosecutor said at their trial Tuesday.

Documents: DHS passed protest info to Md. police (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 01:26 PM CST

AP - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security tracked an anti-war group's plans for peaceful protests and passed the information on to the Maryland State Police, according to documents released to The Washington Post and reported in Tuesday's editions.

Longtime Zimbabwe opposition figure faces charges (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 12:25 PM CST

Opposition party supporters hold a poster calling for the release of Roy Bennet, outside Mutare Magistrates courts, where Roy Bennet, treasurer of the main opposition party and ministerial nominee was meant to appear in court Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. Zimbabwean police no longer plan treason charges against a longtime opposition politician appointed to the unity government, the lawmaker's party said Sunday. The Movement for Democratic Change party reported earlier that police said Roy Bennett, the party's nominee to be deputy agriculture minister, would be accused of treason, which carries the death penalty. The party said police revised that Sunday, saying Bennett faces a weapons charge instead. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - Police announced terrorism- and weapons-related charges Tuesday against a prominent official in the party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who has called the case an attempt to derail Zimbabwe's unity government.

Holbrooke visit reduced tensions: Kabul (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 08:46 AM CST

US envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke addresses media representatives after his meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on February 16, 2009. Kabul said Tuesday that tensions with Washington over the US-led AFP - Kabul said Tuesday that tensions with Washington over the US-led "war on terror" had eased with the visit of envoy Richard Holbrooke, who is reviewing US strategy in the fight against extremists.

Labour exploiting terror fears says ex-MI5 boss (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 05:39 AM CST

Armed British police at Gatwick Airport in 2006. The former head of MI5 accused the government of exploiting the fear of terrorism to toughen legislation and restrict civil liberties, a report published on Tuesday said.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - The former head of MI5 accused the government of exploiting the fear of terrorism to toughen legislation and erode civil liberties, in a report published on Tuesday.

Despite Obama pledge, Justice defends Bush secrets (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2009 02:02 AM CST

U.S. President Barack Obama takes part in a town hall meeting Concord Community High School in Elkhart, Indiana, February 9, 2009. Obama insisted on Monday that only government can jolt the economy out of deep recession and offered an olive branch to longtime foe Iran, scrapping years of past U.S. policies. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - Despite President Obama's promise of more open government, the Justice Department is resisting pressure to release documents the Bush administration kept secret about domestic wiretapping, data collection on travelers and U.S. citizens, and interrogation of suspected terrorists.

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